2008 Château Destieux

Community Tasting Notes (12) Median Score: 89 points

• Options

  • View YMChan's profile
  • Report Issue

  5/19/2023 - YMChan Likes this wine: 75 Points

  Appearance
  Garnet
  
  Nose
  Intensity - intense
  Aroma - Primary: black currant
  Secondary: vanilla
  Tertiary: dried blackberries
  
  Palate
  Sweetness: dry
  Acidity: medium+
  Tannin: high
  Alcohol: medium
  Body: medium
  
  Quality
  Balance: 1
  Length: 1
  Intensity: 1
  Complexity: 0
  
  Overall rating: very good

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View bacchus of knockholt's profile
  • Report Issue

  8/23/2021 - bacchus of knockholt wrote: 86 Points

  Red and blue plum aromas plus some cedar spice and sandalwood with a hint of heat like an expensive men’s aftershave. The palate is less impressive than the nose suggests with a palate that’s pretty dried out with not much fruit at all. This wine was never great but it’s on its way down and really needs food to mask its shortcomings.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View maxima's profile
  • Report Issue

  10/6/2020 - maxima wrote: 88 Points

  Pas aussi bon ou complexe que le 2005
  mais c'est pas méchant.
  Un peu de tertiaire, assez fluide, pas très long
  mais souple et digeste.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View markcic's profile
  • Report Issue

  3/22/2020 - markcic Likes this wine: 91 Points

  The cork broke upon extraction so I decanted through a vinturi and let sit for three hours. We then drank it slowly over a few hours and a plate of roast beef. The nose was all plum. The palate was plum, thyme, autumn leaves and tobacco. The tobacco dominated the finish which was long. A enjoyable surprise from a half case of mixed bordeauxs that I bought 5 years ago.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View bacchus of knockholt's profile
  • Report Issue

  6/9/2019 - bacchus of knockholt Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Dark ruby, dusty aromas of plum and spice which are a little muted. However the palate is much more expressive with medium weight, plum, blackberry and blackcurrant with a particularly spicy, peppery finish.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

View all 12 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.